Lots of bird on the Spit today. I spent the morning at Pipit point and the afternoon in the Base woods. 61 species all together for the day with highlights including Red-throated loons, Surf scoters, a late Iceland gull, Bobolinks, Rose-breasted grosbeak, and 6 warbler species. Lots of sparrows, white-throated in the hundreds and plenty of Field and Swamp sparrows too.
From my notebook:
X Canada Goose
2 Mute Swan
9 Gadwall
X Mallard
1 Northern Shoveler
2 Canvasback
4 Surf Scoter
2 White-winged Scoter
X Long-tailed Duck
32 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Red-throated Loon
14 Common Loon
1 Red-necked Grebe
X Double-crested Cormorant
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
X Killdeer
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 American Woodcock
X Ring-billed Gull
X Herring Gull
1 Iceland Gull
7 Caspian Tern
100 Common Tern
2 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 Warbling Vireo
12 Blue Jay
X Tree Swallow
15 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
5 Barn Swallow
X Black-capped Chickadee
1 House Wren
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Hermit Thrush
X American Robin
X European Starling
4 Nashville Warbler
5 Yellow Warbler
20 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Black-throated Green Warbler
5 Palm Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
3 Eastern Towhee
2 Chipping Sparrow
10 Field Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow
X Song Sparrow
10 Swamp Sparrow
100 White-throated Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
2 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
8 Bobolink
X Red-winged Blackbird
20 Common Grackle
X Brown-headed Cowbird
X American Goldfinch
